EMPOLYEMENT (H - 1B).

We can help both employers and employees for immigration options, including but not limited to H-1B visas for skilled workers, that best suit your unique situation. For employers, we come up with the fastest way to bring foreign hires to the US. For employees, we devise a strategy that would allow them to advance their career in the US while keeping the door open for eventual transition to permanent residency.

Temporary Worker Visas:

There are a variety of categories of nonimmigrant visas for an Individual who needs to work temporarily in the United States, based on U.S immigration laws, specifically the Immigration and Nationality Act.

If you want to work in the U.S. temporarily, under immigration law, you need a specific visa based on the purpose of your travel and type of work you will be doing.

H-1B visas for skilled workers:

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows a qualified alien worker with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree to temporarily (up to 6 years) be employed in the US by a sponsoring employer.

A qualified alien worker can bring his dependants (spouse and children) to the US. Examples of workers we’ve successfully represented in H-1B applications include computer programmers, scientists, researchers, engineers, architects, lawyers, physical therapists, economists, financial analysts and fashion designers.

An alien worker can be employed either part-time or full-time. It is not a violation of alien worker’s non-immigrant status to be on vacation, on sick, maternity or paternity leave. An alien worker on an H-1B visa may travel outside the US, for business and pleasure, and safely re-enter the country.

The number of H-1Bs that can be approved per fiscal year is currently set at 65,000. There is an exemption from this cap available for aliens who have earned a Master’s or higher degree from a university in the United States, however this exemption is limited to 20,000. Also, some petitioning employers are exempt from all numerical limitations. Examples of these employers are: certain institutions of higher education, nonprofit entities related to or affiliated with institutions of higher education, nonprofit research organizations, and governmental research organizations.